Kalamazoo River

The Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck

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It crosses the county Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Jackson, Hillsdale, Kent and Ottawa and dehydrated while an area of ​​5230 km ². In the mouth in New Richmond the average discharge is 52.8 m³ / s, at Battle Creek at the headwaters of the river of the average discharge is 9.1 m³ / s

The two source rivers, the North Branch and the South Branch Kalamazoo River, spring only a few kilometers apart. The South Branch rises in North Adams in Moscow Township in the northeast of Hillsdale County. Then it flows through Homer and joins in Albion with the North Branch. The North Branch rises near Farewell and Pine Hills Lake in southern Jackson County and flows at Albion in Calhoun County along with the South Branch.

Larger tributaries of the Kalamazoo River are the Rice Creek, Savage Creek, Wabascon Creek, Battle Creek River, Augusta Creek, Portage Creek, Gun River, Swan Creek and the Rabbit River.